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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Mark Bramhall. |
| Summary |
First published in 1955, The Violent Bear It Away is now a landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Conner's work. In it, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousin, Rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle-that Tarwater will become a prophet and will baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles ensue, as Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate faith and the voices calling him to be a prophet, while Rayber tries to draw Tarwater into a more "reasonable" modern world. Both wrestle with the legacy of their dead relatives and lay claim to Bishop's soul. O'Connor observes all this with an astonishing combination of irony and compassion, humor and pathos. The result is a novel whose range and depth reveal a brilliant and innovative writer acutely alert to where the sacred lives and where it does not. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Orphans -- Tennessee -- Fiction.
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Tennessee -- Fiction.
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Satire, American.
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| Added Author |
Bramhall, Mark. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982425319 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982425318 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10024645 |
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